Movie List for "history 3"

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot. Year 2016.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Robert Schenkkan (screenplay by), Andrew Knight (screenplay by)
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Milo Gibson

Tulip Fever (2017)

An artist falls for a young married woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Justin Chadwick
Writer: Deborah Moggach (screenplay by), Tom Stoppard (screenplay by), Deborah Moggach (based upon the novel by)
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger

Child 44 (2015)

A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Year 2015.

Generes: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Writer: Richard Price (screenplay), Tom Rob Smith (novel)
Actors: Xavier Atkins, Mark Lewis Jones, Tom Hardy, Joel Kinnaman

The Finest Hours (2016)

The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Craig Gillespie
Writer: Scott Silver (screenplay), Paul Tamasy (screenplay), Eric Johnson (screenplay), Casey Sherman (book), Michael J. Tougias (book)
Actors: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana

The Command (2018)

The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writer: Robert Rodat, Robert Moore (based on Robert Moore’s book “A Time to Die”)
Actors: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl

Dark Waters (2019)

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution. Year 2019.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Todd Haynes
Writer: Nathaniel Rich (based on The New York Times magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by), Mario Correa (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay)
Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman

Hotel Mumbai (2018)

The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Anthony Maras
Writer: John Collee, Anthony Maras
Actors: Amandeep Singh, Suhail Nayyar, Manoj Mehra, Dinesh Kumar

Clinical (2017)

A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history. Year 2017.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Alistair Legrand
Writer: Luke Harvis, Alistair Legrand
Actors: Vinessa Shaw, Kevin Rahm, India Eisley, Aaron Stanford

Ben-Hur (2016)

Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army, returns to his homeland after years at sea to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Year 2016.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writer: Lew Wallace (based on the novel by), Keith R. Clarke (screenplay), John Ridley (screenplay)
Actors: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi

Outlaw King (2018)

A true David vs. Goliath story of how the 14th century Scottish ‘Outlaw King’ Robert the Bruce used cunning and bravery to defeat the much larger and better equipped occupying English army. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: David Mackenzie
Writer: Bathsheba Doran (screenplay by), David Mackenzie (screenplay by), James MacInnes (screenplay by), David Harrower (additional writing by), Mark Bomback (additional writing by)
Actors: Chris Pine, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle

Indu Sarkar (2017)

Indu Sarkar is set during the emergency period between 1975 to 1977 declared by Prime Minister Indra Gandhi. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Thriller
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Writer: Madhur Bhandarkar (story screenplay), Sanjay Chhel (dialogue), Kapil Chopra (additional screenplay), Anil Pandey (story screenplay)
Actors: Kirti Kulhari, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ankur Vikal

Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010)

Children who are not allowed by the oppressive British colonists to play football decide to join a group of freedom fighters. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Writer: Javed Akhtar (lyrics), Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay), Vijay Maurya (dialogue writer), Raoul Randolf (screenplay)
Actors: Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sikander Kher, Maninder Singh

Cold War (2018)

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France. Year 2018.

Generes: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Writer: Pawel Pawlikowski (story), Pawel Pawlikowski (screenplay), Janusz Glowacki (screenplay), Piotr Borkowski (screenplay with the collaboration of)
Actors: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza

Midway (2019)

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: Wes Tooke
Actors: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Director: F. Gary Gray
Writer: Jonathan Herman (screenplay), Andrea Berloff (screenplay), S. Leigh Savidge (story), Alan Wenkus (story), Andrea Berloff (story)
Actors: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr.

Kya Dilli Kya Lahore (2014)

In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a … Year 2014.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Vijay Raaz, Karan Arora(co-director)
Writer: Aseem Arora (story & screenplay), Manu Rishi Chadha (dialogue), Manu Rishi Chadha, Gulzar (lyrics), Pratham Jolly, Sandeep Sinha (additional screenplay)
Actors: Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi Chadha, Raj Zutshi, Vishwajeet Pradhan